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FI Volume test.
Can the fuel volume test ('78 FI 2L) be accurately performed from the fuel rail test nipple by 3 and 4, or is the pressure regulator exit under the bus the only place to get a proper reading?
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Re: FI Volume test.
Channeling Randy In Maine, yes. Every time I've read his suggestion to do the volume test it is from the 3/4 nipple.
- Dick
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1970 Transporter. 2015cc, dual Weber IDF 40's
1978 Riviera Camper. Bone stock GE 2.0L F.I.
1979 Super Beetle convertible.
... as it turns out, it was the coil!
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Re: FI Volume test.
Any plenum ( in this case, the fuel rail between the pump output and the regulator) has equal pressure at all points. The flow at the 3/4 test nipple will be accurate. *After* the fuel pressure regulator will not necessarily be accurate, because the fuel pressure regulator is "interfering" with your reading downstream as it tries to maintain 14psi minimum (the heat soak residual pressure).Jivermo wrote:Can the fuel volume test ('78 FI 2L) be accurately performed from the fuel rail test nipple by 3 and 4, or is the pressure regulator exit under the bus the only place to get a proper reading?
I am glad you asked this question.
Colin
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Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
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Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- SlowLane
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Re: FI Volume test.
Erm, only in a static system. If there is any flow, then there must be a pressure differential. That's how flow happens.Amskeptic wrote:Any plenum ( in this case, the fuel rail between the pump output and the regulator) has equal pressure at all points.
Yes, sorry, I know: completely irrelevant to the question at hand, but I couldn't let that one pass.
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The pressure differential is maintained at the pressure regulator. Therefore the volume test must occur within the space back to the pump. A volume test *must* occur within the pump to regulator circuit. A functional regulator would reduce the volume in the test if you were to use the return hose.SlowLane wrote:Erm, only in a static system. If there is any flow, then there must be a pressure differential. That's how flow happens.Amskeptic wrote:Any plenum ( in this case, the fuel rail between the pump output and the regulator) has equal pressure at all points.
Yes, sorry, I know: completely irrelevant to the question at hand, but I couldn't let that one pass.
Thank you for your keen irrelevant eye.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- SlowLane
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Re: FI Volume test.
I'm not arguing with anything you say above. The point I unsuccessfully tried to make is that there must be a pressure difference between the outlet of the pump and the inlet to the regulator in order for there to be any flow at all. Granted, a picayune detail, and likely an insignificant difference (though I prefer to see some measurements before assuming that), but that's a different horse than blithely stating:Amskeptic wrote: The pressure differential is maintained at the pressure regulator. Therefore the volume test must occur within the space back to the pump. A volume test *must* occur within the pump to regulator circuit. A functional regulator would reduce the volume in the test if you were to use the return hose.
If there is equal pressure at all points, then there is nothing to drive the fluid from one point to another in the line, n'est-ce pas?"Any plenum ( in this case, the fuel rail between the pump output and the regulator) has equal pressure at all points."
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Wow-it's beginning to sound like Congress. Except for the French.
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Yes, curious minds await your results. I have only tested the volume of each injector and tested the regulator setting. I figured if it sprayed all over the engine compartment there was enough volume.
Geoff
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77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
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Re: FI Volume test.
The pump has a much higher output pressure than the regulated fuel pressure. That difference and the lower intake pressure outside of the injectors is what produces flow. The pressure is the same from pump to regulator.
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Aren't these pumps rated at 80psi?
Geoff
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70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
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Re: FI Volume test.
Yes, you are absolutely correct. And if you are open-hosing into a graduated cylinder, there will be a dramatic pressure drop AT THE HOSE, yes, and fluid shall drive.SlowLane wrote: If there is equal pressure at all points, then there is nothing to drive the fluid from one point to another in the line, n'est-ce pas?
Now for the but . . .
The great prayer for fuel injection rails is that the rail act like a plenum yes with equal pressure yes at each injector yes for as much exactitudinously equalizededation, yes? so please, consider this:
The pump-to-regulator is at a much higher pressure than any need for flow. This excess pressure is what I call the plenum effect in the rail, EVEN THOUGH yes, we have the flow of a (60 psi) pump blasting against a 36 psi regulator valve for gasoline cooling, yes. But honest to goodness, we do not have a pressure drop along the rail, this so each injector gets the same pressure drop flow rate.
What say you?
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Colin
(I haven't even hit the caps LOCK YET)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- SlowLane
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Re: FI Volume test.
No argument. That would be the holy grail.Amskeptic wrote:The great prayer for fuel injection rails is that the rail act like a plenum yes with equal pressure yes at each injector yes for as much exactitudinously equalizededation, yes?
My take on it is that the "excess" plenum pressure is the pressure that was engineeered into the system to provide adequate fuel atomization by the injectors.Amskeptic wrote:The pump-to-regulator is at a much higher pressure than any need for flow. This excess pressure is what I call the plenum effect in the rail, EVEN THOUGH yes, we have the flow of a (60 psi) pump blasting against a 36 psi regulator valve for gasoline cooling, yes.
The pump, although capable of producing much higher pressure than the regulated ~36 psi across the injectors, will not do so, unless there is an unreasonable obstruction between the pump and regulator. In short, the pump will provide precisely enough pressure to overcome the regulator's resistance plus the line losses. Which brings us to the next question:
I beg to differ, sir. Fluid flows from a high pressure location to lower pressure locations. The fact that fuel flows from the pump outlet to the regulator inlet implies that there is a pressure drop along the rail. The questions are: how much of a drop, and is it significant enough to affect mixture control? I hope to replumb my fuel loop at same point so that I can actually measure the pressure difference between the 1-2 side and the 3-4 side and thereby be able to provide a more cogent answer.Amskeptic wrote:But honest to goodness, we do not have a pressure drop along the rail, this so each injector gets the same pressure drop flow rate.
This may seem needlessly nit-picky, but consider this: VW implemented a split dual-ring fuel rail for the wasserboxers. The fuel feed splits into two going into the engine compartment wth a branch going to each side of the engine, then meeting back in the middle into a fancy two-port FPR. If the single-loop system on the aircooled engines was adequate, why did they go to the expense of re-designing it into a dual-ring system?
Looking closer to modern times, more recent FI systems use a "dead-head" fuel pressure system, where the fuel rail itself isn't part of the high-volume loop, but rather acts as a largely static high pressure reservoir for the injectors. All this goes in concert with the more precise and accurate control of fuel injection timing and duration that these more modern systems can attain.
And I pray you continue to resist the temptation. Shouting rarely helps in intelligent discourse.(I haven't even hit the caps LOCK YET)
Goofy smilies, on the other hand, are obligatory...
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Re: FI Volume test.
Modern fuel systems that are non-return are a product of the goal of reduced evaporative emissions. The fuel doesn't cool the rail, so it's not returning heat to the tank. The pumps typically are not run at 100%, but are pulse width modulated by the processor with feedback from a fuel rail pressure sensor.
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Maybe a water cooled Vanagon had bank fired injectors instead of our batch fired injectors? The engineers could have been trying to minimize a pulse on the other bank, I guess.